Albert King has the most copied licks in electric blues of today for good reason. Just sounds great!

This man is a walking encyclopedia of guitar history! More power to you JB!

Kenny Wayne Shepard once said " If you are in blues jam and feel lost, just start playing Albert King licks and you will be fine. "

The way he built his solo from choppy lonely notes to catharsis in Stormy Monday alongside Gary Moore is second to none.

I remember the first time saw Albert King play..It was a video from a live concert 1970? the song was "I'll play the blue's for you". I was amazed by his tone and the power of the licks.. Couldn't stop watching old videos for a week. Thanks for the video Joe:)

I like how you can tell how loud it is in the room - nice

@airamakknom

2 ай бұрын

It has to be loud as hell in there cause it's 11pm right now, I'm listening through headphones and thought someone outside was using a leaf blower lol.

I once saw Albert KIng at junior college that was supported by some foundation. The audience was charged $1.00! It was an intimate setting and he was amazing. Best buck I've ever spent.

Albert King was a great guitar player who deserved more recognition and credit than he has gotten. It’s a shame that he didn’t get what he deserved. RIP mr. King. You are so missed today. Much respect and I love your music.

That is one righteous tone…..and wonderful fun facts, for a Saturday Afternoon

Joe is always great at his interpretation of the masters.

I dig the fact that Joe is as much a fan as an icon. Love the V also. I have an SG in that color.

@gwshark07

20 күн бұрын

Same here! I love the burgundy metallic

i remember watching Albert King live and witnessing him play his gibson with the high E on top and bending downward....... that in itself was something to behold. Then, his classic jam session with SRV in 1983 called "in session" ( on utube) is a tour de force of a genuine love of the blues as well as one another. Not to be missed.

Remember reading an interview where Albert said something like this about his guitar style: I was crazy about T-Bone Walker, but I couldn’t do the fancy stuff that he was doing so I invented the string squeezing style!

Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 is an awesome album. Thanks to Joe for not cutting corners. It's great to hear horns in the background.

God bless you JB! You surely keep the blues alive for newer generations to come, specially with the passion you pay tribute to the founding fathers of the guitar. Albert was the real deal and a major influence to all my favorite players (Hendrix, Page, SRV, Trucks, Beck, Mick T...), I can't stress enough his importance to my musical taste and to the sound I try to achieve when I play.

Joe is THE G.O.A.T! Well done Master🎸🌵

Thanx Joe !! KEEP The TREBLE & Trouble UP !!

There needs to be a good documentary about the "three Kings"....Ken Burns where are you?!!!!!!!!!!

The pride of Lovejoy, Illinois!

Joe, plz do an album of just you on guitar. No band. It's great to just hear you play.

I believe you played " Breaking up someone's home" on it. Great 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Albert King has always been my favorite blues man. Even more than The Wolf and Muddy which I dearly love but Albert played guitar and entertained like he was doing it for his family just like after supper. And then the pipe comes out. Albert King wasn’t Steve McQueen cool. He was Albert King cool.

Greatest bluesman of all time. JB❤

He really nailed this, more than if he plays other blues heroes

Fabulous Joe.

I feel like Joe should be wearing safety glasses because he does those bends in such a way that he is basically holding a 6 string compound bow. If one of them strings snap it's gonna look like that scene from the movie ghost ship

I met Albert King at a Club in San Francisco. We talked the whole time he was on break. I told him I learned to play guitar from buying his "Live Wire Blues Power" and his " I'll Play The Blues For You" albums. After talking to him, it confirmed to me that he was, without question a genius.

@MontyCantsin5

2 ай бұрын

What did he say?

Joe is awesome... seems so cool and is such a wealth of knowledge.

Thanks Joe. Some real great advice❗👍

This is blues power!!

❤😊❤Congrats from Brazil 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

can always learn something "new" from Joe......there is always al ittle extra gem......cheers....even though without "flying V"....haaa....

Glad you mentioned Dan! I was Born Under a Ban Sign…

Could listen to Joe spit facts and shred licks all day..✌️

Nice!🎸🔥

I couldn't learn to play guitar from B.B. Kings "Live at The Regal" album because, that was how you learned back then. But, I had a natural ear for Albert's style. I still do.

so many SRV fans credit Stevie for being far more original than he was. He built his house very much on top of Albert's foundation and many 'SRV' licks are actually King's licks. But, there's no shame in that. SRV was a force of nature who took what he learned and evolved it, breathing new life into a blues scene that seemed to be in need of that energy and life he brought onto the stage at the time. You can hear a lot of Freddie King in Clapton and he himself acknowledges that. You can hear Roy Buchanan in Jeff Beck. And they all acknowledged their influences and laid down their own bricks in the same wall. Joe has done a great job in carrying a torch for those who trail blazed, helping to spread the word and share the knowledge of all the builders that contributed to building the house we know and love today. Zero shame in standing on the shoulders of those who came before you... It's the same in all walks of life. Just credit those who came before you and hope you can add a block or two of your own for others to borrow and build on.

@hesch-tag

2 ай бұрын

Yes, SRV was far from original. He was mostly Albert King mixed with Jimi Hendrix ( without Jimi's creativity).

@davidrpriest

2 ай бұрын

Stevie one said " Without Albert King there would be no Stevie Ray Vaughn."

Albert was a powerful man who played the blues.

I saw the one you had at Greek Theater. It had Albert's name on the fret board.

albert had some great arrangements. he new what's goin on.

It surprises me that Joe says Gibson "fucked up" with the 50-s versions of the flying V. I have heard two different 50's V's being played live (in the 80's) and they both sounded absolutely fantastic!

@gillihansmobilewelding

2 ай бұрын

Maybe they messed up from a guitar players perspective.

I once had the opportunity to meet Albert and shake his hand. He accidentally broke a bone in my hand! God, what a mensch!

🎉tune down one and a half step

What I find amazing is that Albert King plays left handed but the strings are high E on top low E on the bottom. As a Lefty myself I find that crazy, how does he do it.

@infinidominion

2 ай бұрын

Like Dan Swano and Rand Burkey

@grog5564

2 ай бұрын

@@infinidominion As does Eric Clapton's guitarist Doyle Bramhill, but I still can't fathom it, I have tried playing upside down, it don't work for me.

@bobsmith-ji2uh

2 ай бұрын

@@grog5564I’m a lefty too. We had one guitar in my house that was a righty. I couldn’t figure anything out upside down so started playing right handed.

Didn’t Albert also tune down a whole step and use light gauge strings?

There's some weird ass guitars out there. Flying V has to be in the top five.

I’m pretty sure it was Albert King is who I saw at the Michigan Palace in Detroit in about 1975 I wish I knew if it was him or Freddy

If I had to quickly mention 3 guitarist that are, were, bona-fide geniuses would be: Wes Montgomery, Pat Methany, and Albert King.

2:10 video actually starts

Uses "hum-forcer" pickups with not grounded shields ?

3:14 - if you want to skip the chat

Norm says you have all of his guitars❗ he doesn't know how you got them but he wants them back😝

anyone know what kinda guitar that is

@MontyCantsin5

2 ай бұрын

What? 😂

He's BETTER than a PRINCE Albert! LMAO! ;oP LESS painful as well!

Can someone write a good biography for Albert? Every great blues players has a great bio except A.K.... please anyone

Does Joe read music?

@Ottophil

2 ай бұрын

Blues sheet music? Lol

@hesch-tag

2 ай бұрын

No only novels and comic books.

play a left handed guitar right handed to get the albert king sound

Bonamassa lookin more and more like Paul McCartney

One of the greatest travesties of blues guitar history, Steven Segal owns Albert's three Flying V's. I guess as long as he doesn't sit on them . . .

@bryanmannoia8410

2 ай бұрын

point taken, but at least he is an actual player. a shame would be having them sitting in a collection owned by some rich guy who doesn't even play. or having them sitting in a hard rock cafe.

Bad ground.

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Albert King? He played slow. With taste. Saw him near Allentown with his grandson?

👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Trumppppppppppppp

I'd love to see Joe but I'm not a Rich, Old, White person. 😂😂😂

So tired of this poseur clown. It's like a walking tribute band.

Total nerdville Great player But his songs and style of performance are beyond cringe. And can somebody call Hoarders Anonymous?

@bobsmith-ji2uh

2 ай бұрын

Why would you go out of your way to insult someone you don’t know?

Love you Joe 💋🇬🇧